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Build Orders is the fifth scenario of The Art of War in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition. This scenario serves as a test to the player's skill at managing an economy by using the concept of build orders.
Video Instruction[]
Build Orders
Certain strategies are more effective than others. A key component of a successful strategy is the build order.
Much like a baker follows a recipe to produce hearty German pumpernickel, diligently following a build order will give you a strong economic foundation for your field tactics.
A good build order guides your building construction and unit training, as well as the distribution of Settlers. Build orders vary among civilizations based on their unique strengths and weaknesses.
For this lesson, we will guide you through a build order to get your town off to a quick start. You will play as the French, a civilization that can use some powerful strategies in the mid-Commerce Age, owing to their special Coureur des Bois unit. This type of Settler is stronger and better at gathering resources than other Settlers, but costs more. Use these special French Settlers to quickly gather and advance.
Scenario instructions[]
Primary objectives[]
- Ship 3 Coureurs des Bois from your Home City.
- Have 4 Coureurs des Bois hunt.
- Train 14 Coureurs des Bois in total.
- Have 14 Coureurs des Bois hunt.
- Advance to the Commerce Age.
- Build a House.
- Have 12 Coureurs des Bois cut wood.
- Drive animals towards your Town Center with 2 Coureurs des Bois.
- Build a Trading Post.
- Build a Market.
- Research Hunting Dogs, Placer Mines, and Great Coat.
- Have 9 Coureurs des Bois hunt.
- Have 5 Coureurs des Bois mine coin.
- Keep training Coureurs until you have 28 in total.
- Ship 4 Coureurs des Bois from your Home City.
- Research Steel Traps at the Market.
- Have at least 23 Coureurs des Bois hunt.
- Build a Barracks.
- Build 2 more Houses.
- Train 40 Musketeers.
- Ship Cords of 700 Wood from your Home City.
- Build a Stable.
- Build 5 more Houses.
- Ship Chests of 700 Gold from your Home City.
- Train 10 Hussars.
- Ship Cords of 600 Wood from your Home City.
- Defeat the enemy army.
Secondary objectives[]
- Collect all Treasures.
Home City Cards[]
- Click here to see an overview of all Home City Cards available in the "Build Orders" The Art of War
| Card | Description | Age |
|---|---|---|
 3 Coureurs
| Delivers 3 Coureurs des Bois |  |
 4 Coureurs
| Delivers 4 Coureurs des Bois |  |
 Cords of 600 Wood
| Delivers 1 Huge Cords of Wood and 1 Cords of Wood | |
 Cords of 700 Wood
| Delivers 1 Huge Cords of Wood and 2 Cords of Wood | |
 Chests of 700 Coin
| Delivers 1 Huge Chests of Coin and 2 Chests of Coin | |
Medals[]
- Gold: Complete the scenario in 10 minutes.
- Silver: Complete the scenario in 13 minutes.
- Bronze: Complete the scenario in 15 minutes and 30 seconds.
Strategy[]
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